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Welcome to the World Wide Web Portal of the 2009 International Conference on the Integration of Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in the Context of Climate Change, the Energy Crisis and Food Insecurity.

The Conference Took Place 12-14 November 2009

The Agadir Conference Portal is designed to provide all Conference participants a venue to obtain and exchange information, data and other resources, continuously. We encourage all who are interested in the complexity of issues addressed by the Conference—as well as all who participated on site—to use and to advise colleagues of this unique opportunity.

The Agadir Conference Portal is strengthening the conduct, findings and recommendations of the Conference to assure accomplishment of improved outcomes for sustainable agriculture and rural development worldwide.

The Conference took place 12-14 November 2009, in Agadir, Morocco. We encourage you to continue participation by inspecting and acting on issues addressed at this site.

Selected papers will be considered for publication in a set of collective books that are expected to be published by Springer (one of the world’s leading scientific publishers), and in accredited scientific journals.

Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation
This fascinating, readable volume is filled with enticing, detailed information...
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Earth ForumLast Updated on 2010-04-23 00:00:00About the Earth Forum
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Energy for All?Last Updated on 2010-04-16 00:00:00Energy for All
On SciDev.Net on 14 April 2010, Kandeh Yumkella and Morgan Bazilian offer an Opinion article, titled "Energy for all — a joined-up approach". They believe " . . . energy access is the missing Millennium Development Goal that will end the ppoverty trap."
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Image: About 2.5 billion people rely on traditional biomass such as wood for fuel. Source: flickr/United Nations.
Universal access to energy services is technically possible, but new approaches are needed, say Kandeh Yumkella and Morgan Bazilian.
About 1.5 billion people in the developing world do not have access to electricity and about 2.5 billion people rely on traditional biomass, such as wood,... More »

Research and Agricultural DevelopmentLast Updated on 2010-04-10 00:00:00Research Alone Won't
Drive Agricultural Development
SciDev.Net's Commissioning Editor, Sian Lewis has penned this Editorial and notes:
Even focused research will not deliver agricultural progress unless donors also help join up links in the development chain.
When international development aid funds science, donors increasingly ask potential grant recipients what benefits they will achieve with the money.
And there may be many good answers!
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1st Global Conference on Agricultural Research for DevelopmentLast Updated on 2010-03-27 00:00:00Global Summit Seeks to
Transform Agricultural Research
On SciDev.Net on 25 March 2010, Yojana Sharma reports on the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) (28–31 March 2010), organised by the Global Forum on Agricultural Research.
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Gardening in SacksLast Updated on 2010-03-07 00:00:00Sacks gardening in
urban and rural areas
A recent online issue of Scitizen contains an article that notes:
In every developing country people are suffering from the high food prices. More than billion people are hungry every day. The creation of small-scale kitchen gardens and container gardening are the most efficient tools to provide fresh food to rural farmers and urban people. Growing food in sacks is an interesting variant of container gardening.
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Q: Are there other innovative, yet simple, approaches to boosting food security?
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